Height: | 6-1 |
Weight: | 170 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | East Quogue, NY |
High School: | Westhampton Beach |
Parents: | Seth & Abbe |
Career:
Completed an outstanding three-year career with the Eagles
with his 97 singles victories ranking third all-time at the school
... His 87.4 winning percentage (97-14) is good for the No. 1 spot
on Emory's career list ... Recorded 75 doubles victories as an
Eagle, the sixth-highest total in school history ... Was named the
UAA Player of the Week on 14 occasions ... First men's player in
school history to be chosen as the UAA Most Valuable Player three
times ... Finished with the school's second-and third-highest
seasonal victory totals in singles action.
Senior (2011-12):
Capped off an outstanding final year by becoming the third men's
player in school history to claim the NCAA D-III singles title ...
Helped Emory to the program's third-ever national title and a
perfect 25-0 record by finishing the campaign with an overall
singles slate of 34-3, the third-highest victory total in school
annals ... Played No. 1 singles for the Eagles for the third
straight campaign and chalked up a 20-2 dual mark at that position
... Was ranked as the No. 1-ranked D-III singles player for the
majority of the 2011-12 season ... Rattled off five wins in the
singles portion of the NCAA Championships, including a 6-1, 6-0,
win over Rob Crampton of Bates College in the semifinals ... In the
title showdown against Nick Ballou of Cal Lutheran, Pottish
prevailed in three sets, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2 ... Was named the ITA Senior
Player of the Year, just the third Emory men's player ever to have
earned that honor (Mark Odgers and Michael Goodwin) ... Named UAA
Player of the Week (Oct. 3) after capturing his third straight ITA
Regional singles title, defeating teammate Eric Halpern, 6-2, 6-2,
in the semifinals and classmate Chris Goodwin, 6-3, 6-0, in the
title match, and in the process became the first men's player in
school history to win three ITA Regional crowns ... Named the
conference POW again after defending his D-III singles title at the
ITA Small College Championships, topping Adam Putterman of
Washington University, 6-0, 6-1 in the finals ... Was the recipient
of the James O'Hara Sargent Sportsmanship Award at the Small
College Championships, symbolic of of someone who displays
sportsmanship and who exemplifies the spirit of college tennis ...
Named UAA Player of the Week after going 3-0 in singles and 2-1 in
doubles in helping Emory defend its ITA National Indoor
Championship ... Recorded the winning match point in squad's 7-2
championship win over UC-Santa Cruz at Indoors with a 7-5, 6-2
verdict over Devin Nerenberg ... Named UAA Player of the Week on
seven occasions during the year ... Named UAA Most Valuable Player
for the third consecutive season and garnered first-team
all-conference acclaim at both No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles,
registering a 3-0 mark in both competitions ... Defeated Wash U's
Adam Putterman, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1 singles in the conference title
match and joined forces with Brian Kowalski to notch an 8-2
decision over the Bears' Jeffrey Hirsch and Gary Parizher at No. 3
doubles ... Helped Emory to a 5-0 win over Washington & Lee in
the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 6-1, 6-2 win over
Hayden White at No. 1 singles that closed the match out and an 8-3
victory at No. 3 doubles with Kowalski ... In the team's 5-1
win vs. North Carolina Wesleyan in the third round
of the NCAAs, his 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Rinat Khussainov
at No. 1 singles gave the team a 4-0 lead ... Finished with
year with an overall effort of 24-5 in doubles action ... He
and Kowalski racked up a perfect 15-0 slate at the No. 3
doubles post including a dramatic 9-8 (8-6) decision over the
Kenyon tandem of Paul Burgin and Kevun Ye that accounted for
Emory's first point of the match and rally the team from a 2-0
deficit in the NCAA Championships match.
Junior (2010-11):
Outstanding second year with Eagles that saw him advance to the
title match of the NCAA D-III Singles Championship ... Finished the
year with a glittering overall record of 37-3, the second-highest
win total in school history ... Held down the No. 1 singles
position for the second straight year and chalked up a 24-1 dual
mark at that spot ... Ended the regular season as the No. 1-ranked
D-III singles player in the country ... At the NCAA D-III
Championships, he won all three of his singles encounters including
a 6-4, 6-3, outcome over Amherst's Luis Rattenhuber in the team
finals ... Won the ITA Regional Singles Championship for the second
straight year, defeating teammate Colin Egan in the finals, 6-0,
6-2 ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Oct. 18) after becoming the
first player in school history to win the D-III singles title at
the ITA National Small College Championships (event began play in
1986), topping Felix Sun of Williams College, 7-5, 6-1, in the
finals ... Named UAA Player of the Week on five occasions during
the year ... Tabbed as the UAA Most Valuable Player for the second
straight year and garnered first-team acclaim at both No. 1 singles
and with Egan at No. 3 doubles ... Went 3-0 in singles at the UAA
Championships including a 6-2, 6-2, decision over Wash U's Isaac
Stein in the title match where Emory prevailed by a 6-0 margin ...
He and Egan went 3-0 in the doubles portion of the Championships as
well ... Helped Emory to a National Indoor Championship,
registering three straight-set singles victories ... Won 18
straight matches (Feb. 3 - Mar. 25) ... In doubles play, he racked
up a total of 29 wins, the fourth-highest seasonal mark in
school annals ... He and Egan emerged as a formidable tandem at No.
3 doubles with the pair finishing with a 22-3 won-lost
slate.
Sophomore (2009-10):
Made a big impact on the Eagles' squad during his
first year with the program following his transfer from the
University of Portland ... Finished with an overall singles mark of
26-8 with his victory total tying for seventh on the school's
seasonal ladder ... Compiled a dual singles record of 16-6 with all
those decisions coming at the No. 1 position ... Earned All-America
honors honors after claiming the ITA South Atlantic Singles
Championship, defeating teammate Chris Goodwin in the finals ...
Was also named UAA Player of the Week for his efforts at the South
Atlantic Regionals ... Finished fifth at the ITA Small College
Championships, dropping his opening match to John Watts of
Washington University before defeating Mike Greenberg (Kenyon) and
Mike Mattelson (Vassar) ... Would go on to defeat Watts, the ITA
Senior Player of the Year, in their next two meetings -- at the
National Indoor Championships (Feb. 20) and UAA Championships (Apr.
25) ... Of his eight singles setbacks, just three came against
Division III opponents ... Ended the campaign ranked as the No.
2-ranked singles player in Division III and was the No. 1 in the
South Atlantic Region ... Posted a straight-set win over AUM's
Michael Johnson who ended the season as the No. 11-ranked netter in
the NAIA ... Rallied for a three-set win against ABAC's Rasid
Winklaar, the No. 4-ranked player in the junior college division
... All-UAA First Team at No. 1 singles and No. 3 doubles after
registering 3-0 records at the league championship ... Chosen as
the UAA Championships MVP ... Captured his first two matches in
singles action at the NCAA Championships ... Named UAA Player of
the Week after going 3-0 in singles at the ITA National Indoor
Championships ... All-America honoree in doubles following a
championship performance with Chris Goodwin at the ITA South
Atlantic Regionals ... At the Small College Championships (Oct.
15-18), Pottish and Goodwin advanced to the finals of doubles ...
Played with four different partners and chalked up a 21-10 slate in
doubles ... Played his last 13 doubles matches with Chris
Redmond at the No. 3 with the duo going 11-2 ... Pottish and Redmon
won their last nine matches.
Prior To Emory: Played for the University of
Portland (OR), an NCAA Division I school of the West Coast
Conference, during the 2007-08 season where he finished with
an overall singles record of 20-7 ... Won the singles championship
at Dartmouth College's Intercollegiate Tennis Association Summer
Circuit.
High School: Standout performer for the
Westhampton Beach High School program ... Was coached by John Ski
... Played No. 1 singles his final three years ... Won two Suffolk
County titles and was second in the New York State High School
Championships in 2005 ... Advanced to the semis of the state
championship as a senior in 2007 ... Coming out of high school, he
was the 107th-ranked recruit in the nation according to
TennisRecruiting.net ... Finished runner-up in the Boys 16
Championship at the 2006 Copper Bowl in Tucson, Arizona ...
Recipient of the Eastern Section Sportsmanship Award.
Personal: Majors in business.